by Tammy Trayer | Sep 28, 2021 | Breads & Breakfast, Food & Kitchen, Homesteading, Off-Grid Living, Preparedness, Survival Skills, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Woodstove Cooking, Writings
Today is a damp, cool, rainy September day and I’ve started my first fire for the season. There is nothing more comforting than the heat from a wood stove warming your body, but when that heat is coming from a wood cookstove there are so many more benefits. A wood...
by Tammy Trayer | Jan 1, 2019 | Homesteading, Inspiration / Encouragement, Off-Grid Living, Organization, Positively Encouraging, Preparedness, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Survival Skills, Tammy Trayer, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings
2019 is here! 2018 went SO very fast, it is hard to believe another year is passed! We are thankful for the new year though for a New Beginning! New Beginnings is our theme for the new year. We embraced 2018 focusing on Living With Intention. Living by our terms and...
by Tammy Trayer | Jul 12, 2018 | Contributing Writers, Food & Kitchen, Homesteading, Meals, Off-Grid Living, Product Reviews, Recipes, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Solar Cooking, Sun Oven Cooking, Tammy Trayer, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings
Wow! Are we ever crazy busy trying to finish our home so we can sell it and we are also preparing to build a new tiny home all before winter! Yikes – what a rush and wild ride! We are attempting to do 6 months worth of work in 2! I have been educating and...
by Michelle Hedgcock | May 9, 2018 | Budgeting & Making An Income, Contributing Writers, Finances, Homesteading, Michelle Hedgcock, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings
Last time I covered many ways to save money when it came to food. Only I forgot to mention another way you can save! So, I’ll share that now and then get into other ways to save money on non-food related items. I lump this in with couponing because, again, I don’t...
by Michelle Hedgcock | Feb 28, 2018 | Budgeting & Making An Income, Contributing Writers, Food & Kitchen, Gardening, Foraging, Canning & Preserving, Homesteading, Michelle Hedgcock, Organization, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings
Several years ago, I was working full-time in a corporate environment with a two-hour daily drive. To say it was draining is an understatement. My husband and I had several discussions about me quitting work and becoming a one-income family. The plan was for me to do...
by Tammy Trayer | Dec 21, 2017 | Health & Healing, Natural Health: Medicinals & Essential Oils, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings
I have done more soaking over the last two years than I have my entire life! Mind you, I am not complaining, even though my soaks were part of my healing regimen, what a relaxing addition to my life! It is important that we take time for ourselves, nurture our bodies...
